2008Final results
2008 election for Kentucky Senate District 3
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Joey Pendleton (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Tom Jones (R) by 13.0 points.
Joey PendletonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.5%21,410
Tom JonesRepublican
43.5%16,479
37,889 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET